Between Heritage and Film – Two Workshops by Shadow Casters at Dr. Ivan Merz Primary School

Location: Dr. Ivan Merz Primary School
Time: June 6th, 17:00–20:00

Facilitators:

• Mateja Ilijašev and Nikola Strašek

• Bojana Burnać and Boris Bakal

As part of FUŠ (Festival of School Arts), Shadow Casters are organizing two free workshops!
The educational program “Between Heritage and Film” by Shadow Casters is designed to engage participants in exploring and understanding cultural and historical heritage through the medium of film. This program emphasizes the importance of both tangible and intangible heritage and encourages a deeper connection between participants and their cultural roots. Through these workshops, participants learn to appreciate and document elements of heritage, thus preserving them for future generations.
Moreover, by exploring and understanding material and immaterial heritage and documenting it through film, potential future resources of local communities are also discovered.

The facilitators guiding you through this cinematic journey are collaborators of Shadow Casters and mostly experienced film professionals.

Mateja Ilijašev is a cinematographer with extensive experience. She has worked on the films “Wildlings” (2022), “Literary Groupie” (2024), and “Counteroffensive” (2017). She will soon become one of the facilitators of the Frooom! film workshops, whose new cycle starts on June 23rd.

Nikola Strašek graduated from the Classical Gymnasium in Zagreb, studied Comparative Literature and Latin at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Film and TV Directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art. He is the author of several documentaries and one short fiction film. He currently writes film reviews and works in a fruit and vegetable warehouse, which he calls “the mine.” He received the Post Scriptum award for literature on social media for 2023, based on which he is publishing his poetry collection.

Bojana Burnać earned her Master’s degree from the Cinematography Department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She is a director of photography for feature, documentary, and experimental films, both short and feature-length. She is the first female cinematographer in the history of Croatian cinema to shoot a feature-length fiction film. She also works as an underwater cinematographer. She directed the feature documentary “My Life Without Air”, her directorial debut.

Boris Bakal is a creative producer, theatre and film director, actor, intermedia artist, social and cultural activist, interdisciplinary public historian, and head of the international artistic platform Shadow Casters. Over the course of more than forty years of his career, he has created various projects presented and/or produced by festivals and events in more than 20 countries worldwide. Since 2001, he has led the Shadow Casters association, an international artistic platform that has received numerous awards and recognitions in Croatia and abroad. In 2011, he founded Frooom!, a film school for children and youth.

PROJECT HOLDERS:
Shadow Casters Association / Teatar od Soli Association

PROJECT PARTNERS:
Vladimir Nazor Primary School, Neviđane, Pašman; Biograd Primary School; Dubrava Primary School, Dubrava; Dr. Ivan Merz Primary School, Zagreb; Biograd Heritage Museum; Pula Film Factory & DC Rojc, Pula; Arla Association, Đakovo; Clubture Network.

The project is co-financed by:
The Ministry of Science, Education and Youth,
The City of Zagreb – Office for Culture and Civil Society,
Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC).

Through the Clubture network, the project is also co-financed by:
The Ministry of Culture and Media,
The City of Zagreb – City Office for Culture, Intercity and International Cooperation and Civil Society,
Kultura Nova Foundation,
National Foundation for Civil Society Development / through the Knowledge Centers program.